Members' Library Editions Downloadable Music Library
The ARS is pleased to offer to members free access to original recorder music from the ARS Members' Library Editions.
The Members' Library Editions (MLE’s) are one of the many benefits that ARS members have received since 1987 as supplements to the American Recorder Magazine. In celebration of the ARS is 75 year these were first made available as free digital downloadable (Adobe .pdf ) editions to members, and new additions are added as they are published. This collection of more than 50 compositions offers a wide diversity of styles, and you are sure to find one for every occasion and level of experience.
For a few compositions as noted we are still pursuing getting the composer’s permission for the free digital distribution to ARS Members. Accordingly, these pieces are now only available as a hard copy through the ARS On-Line Store for a small fee.
You may use the Composition Share Link, found on each piece, to share this music with your friends. Note that anyone may see the thumbnail image and listen to the sound sample, but only logged-in ARS members may download music or listen to the entire .mp3 recording.
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3 Balkan Line Dances - MLE 46 Composed By: Traditional. Arranged By: Emilie George. Challenging For 4 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions, Arrangements and Transcriptions libraries. Added on: 03/01/2013
3 Dutch Folktunes - MLE 54 Composed By: Anonymous. Arranged By: Victor Eijkhout. Moderate For 4 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions, Arrangements and Transcriptions libraries. Added on: 06/01/2015
A Child's Medley - MLE 61 Composed By: Richard Glenn. Easy For 4 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 09/01/2017
Algunos lugares I - MLE 51 Composed By: Marcelo Milchberg. Very Challenging For 1 recorder. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 09/01/2014
Arioso and Jazzy Rondo - MLE 28 Composed By: Carolyn Peskin. Challenging For 1 recorder. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 11/01/2004
Ascendance - MLE 65 Composed By: Bruce Sankey. Moderate For 4 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 03/01/2019
Ave Maria - MLE 6 Composed By: Anton Bruckner. Arranged By: Jennifer W. Lehmann. Moderate For 7 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions, Arrangements and Transcriptions libraries. Added on: 01/01/1992
Bee Happy - MLE 81 Composed By: Riko Suzuki. Challenging For 4 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 05/25/2024
Belmont Street Bergamasca - MLE 41 Composed By: Sean Nolan. Moderate For 3 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 03/01/2011
Berceuse-fantaisie - MLE 37 Composed By: Jean Boisvert. Moderate For 4 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 03/01/2009
Blue Ridge Water Music - MLE 73 Composed By: Daniel Hay. Moderate For 1 recorder. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 08/31/2021
Blue Toots - MLE 82 Composed By: Donna DiBella. Moderate For 7 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions, Play-alongs libraries. Added on: 08/23/2024
Blues Canzonetta - MLE 47 Composed By: Steve Marshall. Challenging For 5 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 06/01/2013
Breeze - MLE 69 Composed By: Philippe Goudour. Challenging For 6 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions, Play-alongs libraries. Added on: 05/27/2020
Canon for Four Bass Recorders - MLE 26 Composed By: David P. Ruhl. Moderate For 4 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 11/01/2003
Closing Hour - MLE 66 Composed By: Victor Eijkhout. Moderate For 3 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions, Play-alongs libraries. Added on: 05/29/2019
Dance from Primodal Episodes - MLE 57 Composed By: John Winiarz. Moderate For 4 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 06/01/2016
Dancers - MLE 17 Composed By: Richard Eastman. Challenging For 2 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 11/01/1997
Danse de Village - MLE 42 Composed By: Kevin Holland. Moderate For 3 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 11/01/2011
Different Quips - MLE 9 Composed By: Stephan Chandler. Challenging For 3 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 05/01/1994
Elegy for Recorder Quartet - MLE 15 Composed By: Carolyn Peskin. Moderate For 4 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 01/01/1997
Elizabethan Delights - MLE 1 Composed By: Morley, Ford, Ravenscroft. Arranged By: Jennifer W. Lehmann. Moderate For 4 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions, Arrangements and Transcriptions libraries. Added on: 01/01/1987
Faded Memories and Opus 88 - MLE 45 Composed By: William Ruthenberg. Moderate For 4 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 09/01/2012
Fallen Leaves Fugal Fantasy - MLE 36 Composed By: Dominic Bohbot. Moderate For 4 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 11/01/2008
Far and Away - MLE 64 Composed By: Jeannette Bertles. Moderate For 3 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 09/01/2018
Four Airs from "The Beggar's Opera" - MLE 32 Composed By: Johann Christoph Pepusch (?). Arranged By: Kearney Smith. Moderate For 4 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions, Arrangements and Transcriptions libraries. Added on: 11/01/2006
Gigue - MLE 59 Composed By: Thomas E. Van Dahm. Moderate For 4 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 03/01/2017
Gloria in Excelsis - MLE 23 Composed By: Robert Cowper. Moderate For 4 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions, Arrangements and Transcriptions libraries. Added on: 05/01/2002
Gloria, Of All the Birds - MLE 67 Composed By: Cousins, Ravenscroft. Arranged By: Jennifer W. Lehmann. Easy For 3 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions, Arrangements and Transcriptions libraries. Added on: 09/03/2019
Havana Rhubarb Rhumba - MLE 40 Composed By: Keith Terrett. Challenging For 7 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 11/01/2010
He Talks, She Talks - MLE 43 Composed By: Bruce Perkins. Moderate For 2 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 03/01/2012
Imitations - MLE 24 Composed By: Laurie G. Alberts. Challenging For 2 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 11/01/2002
In Memory of Andrew - MLE 27 Composed By: David Goldstein. Moderate For 3 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 05/01/2004
In Memory of David Goldstein - MLE 39 Composed By: Will Ayton. Moderate For 4 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 03/01/2010
Jay's Pyramid Scheme - MLE 56 Composed By: Jay Kreuzer. Moderate For 4 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 03/01/2016
Lament for a Butterfly - MLE 68 Composed By: Sheli Nan. Moderate For 4 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 02/27/2020
Lay Your Shadow on the Sundials - MLE 31 Composed By: Terry Winter Owens. Challenging For 2 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 05/01/2006
Leaves in the River (Autumn) - MLE 38 Composed By: Erik Pearson. Moderate For 4 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 11/01/2009
LeClercq's Air, a light fugue - MLE 35 Composed By: Richard E. Wood. Moderate For 4 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 03/01/2008
Los Pastores - MLE 5 Composed By: Traditional. Arranged By: Virginia Nylander Ebinger. Easy For 3 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions, Arrangements and Transcriptions libraries. Added on: 05/01/1991
Lullaby and Cakewalk - MLE 53 Composed By: Hildegarde Erle. Moderate For 4 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 03/01/2015
Many Recorders Playing with Class - MLE 62 Composed By: Bradford Wright. Moderate For 2 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 03/01/2018
Meditation - MLE 72 Composed By: Win Bent. Moderate For 4 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions, Play-alongs libraries. Added on: 05/27/2021
Mere Bagatelle IV - MLE 55 Composed By: Anthony St. Pierre. Moderate For 3 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions, Play-alongs libraries. Added on: 09/15/2015
Miscellaneous Thoughts on Music - MLE 79 Composed By: Erich Katz. Moderate For 4 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions, Play-alongs libraries. Added on: 08/25/2023
New Rounds on Old Rhymes - MLE 7 Composed By: Erich Katz. Easy For 2 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 09/01/1993
Nostalgium - MLE 44 Composed By: Jean Harrod. Moderate For 4 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 06/01/2012
Nottasonata No. 1 - MLE 60 Composed By: Daniel Thrower. Moderate For 4 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 06/01/2017
Other Quips - MLE 10 Composed By: Stephan Chandler. Challenging For 4 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 11/01/1994
Owls - MLE 71 Composed By: Eulalie Emeriaud. Challenging For 3 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions, Play-alongs libraries. Added on: 02/23/2021
Poinciana Rag - MLE 13 Composed By: Laurie G. Alberts. Moderate For 4 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 03/01/1996
Recorder Haiku - MLE 77 Composed By: Charlotte Van Ryswyk. Easy For 4 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions, Play-alongs libraries. Added on: 02/25/2023
Reverie - MLE 52 Composed By: Claude Debussy. Arranged By: Helen-Jean Talbott. Challenging For 7 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions, Recorder Orchestra Library, Arrangements and Transcriptions libraries. Added on: 12/01/2014
S-O-S - MLE 30 Composed By: Anthony St. Pierre. Moderate For 4 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 11/01/2005
Santa Barbara Suite - MLE 20 Composed By: Erich Katz. Moderate For 3 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 01/01/2000
Sentimental Songs - MLE 4 Composed By: Pitts, Scott. Arranged By: David Goldstein. Moderate For 4 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions, Arrangements and Transcriptions libraries. Added on: 05/01/1990
Serie for Two Alto Recorders - MLE 19 Composed By: Frederic Palmer. Challenging For 2 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 01/01/1999
Slow Dance with Doubles - MLE 3 Composed By: Colin Sterne. Moderate For 4 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 01/01/1989
Sonata da chiesa - MLE 22 Composed By: Ann McKinley. Moderate For 4 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 09/01/2001
Song of the Heather - MLE 50 Composed By: Robert E. Agnew. Moderate For 3 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 06/01/2014
St. Augustine Rag - MLE 78 Composed By: William Ruthenberg. Moderate For 4 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions, Play-alongs libraries. Added on: 05/25/2023
Tham-ma-rong (The Ring) - MLE 75 Composed By: Sikharin Dit-em. Moderate For 4 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions, Play-alongs libraries. Added on: 05/23/2022
The Huldufolk - MLE 70 Composed By: Will Ayton. Moderate For 4 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions, Play-alongs libraries. Added on: 08/28/2020
The Plaint - MLE 74 Composed By: Will Ayton. Easy For 4 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions, Play-alongs libraries. Added on: 02/28/2022
Three Bantam Ballads - MLE 8 Composed By: Ann McKinley. Moderate For 2 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 03/01/1994
Three Cleveland Scenes - MLE 11 Composed By: Carolyn Peskin. Moderate For 3 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 05/01/1995
Three in Five - MLE 34 Composed By: Karl A. Stetson. Moderate For 3 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 11/01/2007
Trios for Recorders - MLE 14 Composed By: George T. Bachmann. Moderate For 3 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 11/01/1996
Triptych - MLE 21 Composed By: Peter A. Ramsey. Moderate For 3 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 11/01/2000
Two Bach Trios - MLE 12 Composed By: J. S. Bach. Arranged By: William Long. Challenging For 3 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions, Arrangements and Transcriptions libraries. Added on: 09/01/1995
Two Brahams Lieder - MLE 16 Composed By: Johannes Brahms. Arranged By: Thomas E. Van Dahm. Moderate For 4 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions, Arrangements and Transcriptions libraries. Added on: 03/01/1997
Two Tenors Talk - MLE 80 Composed By: Suzanne M. Angevine. Easy For 2 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions, Play-alongs libraries. Added on: 02/19/2024
Vintage Burgundy - MLE 2 Composed By: Touront, Dufay. Arranged By: Jennifer W. Lehmann. Moderate For 4 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions, Arrangements and Transcriptions libraries. Added on: 01/01/1988
Western Union - MLE 49 Composed By: Peter Dixon. Challenging For 4 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 03/01/2014
Woodland Whimsy - MLE 58 Composed By: Gary Betts. Moderate For 4 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 09/01/2016
ZIP Code Boogie - MLE 48 Composed By: Charlotte Van Ryswyk. Moderate For 4 recorders. Part of the Members' Library Editions libraries. Added on: 09/01/2013